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Old 07-26-2006, 08:21 AM   #5
Agamemnon
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Originally Posted by Azure
The UN can't even control its OWN peacekeepers, and has made a mockery of itself too many times when called upon for military action.
The UN is only as effective as the member-states who drive it. If the UN fails, its because its drivers didn't make it succeed.

I believe in Rwanda UN officials were screaming for intervention, it was the member-states that refused to intervene. The 'UN' is a bureaucracy, not a government. If the Security Council decides to intervene, it happens. If they don't, it doesn't. I know I said this in another thread last week (in response to you), but you must have missed it.

I'll cut and paste this for you, since it seems this will be a running theme in your posts, it'll save me typing time later.
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